Main Focus
I am interested in belief formation processes within socio-affective contexts and how physiological states might shape these. I am also interested in interoception and brain-body dynamics and looking at their physiological and neural underpinnings as well as potential computational modelling in this area.
Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
since 2022: Ph.D. in Computational Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
2021 - 2022: Research rotations: Prof. Peter Dayan, Prof. Micah Allen, Prof. Daniel Margulies
since 2021: Ph.D. student at the Max Planck School of Cognition
2018 - 2019: M.Sc. in Cognitive and Decision Sciences, University College London
2014 - 2017: B.Sc. in Psychology, Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience, Royal Holloway
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2020 - 2021: Research Assistant, University of Cambridge (Prof. Paul Fletcher)
2020: Intern, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (Prof. Dr. Matthias Sutter)
2019: Research Assistant, University College London, Department of Social Science (Prof. Alice Sullivan)
2018: Research Assistant, Strathclyde University (Prof. George Wright)
2015 - 2017: voluntary Research Assistant, Royal Holloway, Department of Psychology (six different labs)
MATHEMATICS TRAINING
2015 - 2017: During my undergrad I self-taught 1.5 years worth of a math degree as well as enrolled in maths courses, Mathematical Methods and Probability. I studied Astronomy as an extracurricular, completed coursework and took part in all the astronomical observations.
Women in Research Interview:
https://www.lindau-nobel.org/blog-women-in-research-lino23-alexandrina-vasilichi/